Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation to Present Free Concert

The Professors of Sweet Sweet Music at the top of the Soldiers and Sailors Arch in Bushnell Park.

The Professors of Sweet Sweet Music at the top of the Soldiers and Sailors Arch in Bushnell Park. (Posted by Beverly Lucas, Community Contributor)

Community Contributor Beverly Lucas

Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation presents Music Among the Memorials, a free concert featuring the Professors of Sweet Sweet Music on Friday, July 22 at 6:00 pm. The popular Hartford band will perform a mix of covers from the Grateful Dead and Johnny Cash to Sublime and Weezer along with reggae and rock-influenced original music highlighting the ukulele and guitar.

The Professors of Sweet Sweet Music is a four-piece band featuring Tony Koos on mini double bass and ukulele, Ben Paden on percussion, Earl Henrichon on ukulele, rhythm guitar and lead vocals, and Jeremy Haddad on lead guitar. They have performed their combination of rock, alternative folk and reggae music at numerous Hartford establishments including Infinity Music Hall, Peppercorns, Hook and Ladder and Black Eyed Sally's and in Bushnell Park as part of Envisionfest Hartford (2015).

Music Among the Memorials will be held on the lawn between the community mausoleums. The rain date is Saturday, July 23 at 6:00 p.m. Bring blankets, chairs and picnic dinners for a musical evening to remember.

This free concert is made possible through the generous support of the Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Trust Fund, Bank of America, N. A., Trustee.

Cedar Hill Cemetery is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue in Hartford. For more information contact Beverly Lucas at blucas@cedarhillcemetery.org or (860) 956-3311. Visit the Foundation's website, www.cedarhillfoundation.org, for future programs and events.

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